#Intubated

5 years ago today I went to a 7th doctor for severe fatigue, lightheadedness, body pain & bruising. At 12 PM a CBC was ordered. The lab was a block
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1/ Covid (@UCSF) Chronicles, Day 29V stable @ucsfhospitals: 18 cases (down 2), 4 on vents (see last tweet for outcome of one). ZSFG: 25 pts (down 9 from 2d ago),
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Keep seeing covid19 is not ARDS circulating so few quick points. ARDS is defined by strict criteria, it is a syndrome, or a triad if one will, of hypoxaemia (FiO2:
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1/ Covid (@UCSF) Chronicles, Day 27Thankfully, stable @ucsfhospitals, w/ 20 Covid cases, 5 on vents. Of 11 vent pts to date, just 1 has died, 5 were extubated, other 5
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1/ Thankful for all the thoughtfulness of @UMichMedicine leadership preparing for & managing #COVID19. This past week I got to help launch a “Pop-Up ICU” to expand our ICU capacity,
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Time for ventilator basics for the non-ICU nurse ! This is a super basic quick reference , there are plenty more ways to learn about vents , this is the
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Copied from a friend:From my physician Brother In Law.Repost from another group. Interesting read."I am an ER MD in New Orleans. Class of 98. Every one of my colleagues have
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We stand at the birth of a new millennium, ready to unlock the mysteries of space, to free the earth from the miseries of disease and to harness the energies,
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I just started watching ER for the first time and in the pilot George Clooney shows up to his place of work hammered, gets an IV, and within a few
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COVID Update August 11: I was asked to write the memorial to the front line health care workers we lost by @guardian & @KHNews.This is my tribute to what and
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0/ Buongiorno, #medtwitter! We bring to you a #tweetorial on ventilator management for all those folks who don’t normally manage ARDS who have stepped up to help in this pandemic.
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1/ Covid (@UCSF) Chronicles, Day 37It’s Thursday, so Grand Rounds day: @YouTube https://bit.ly/352S9bW , w/ @Rutherford_UCSF on epidemiology, Charles Chiu on viral genomics/testing, & system leaders on challenges @UCSFHospitals. 90 min
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A COVID surge is likely in India. What might happen? A hotspot' develops in a crowded area. Thousands of patients swarm crowded hospitals , overwhelming ICUs, infecting other pts and
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QEF’s neuro rehabilitation experts supporting post COVID-19 patients @QEF1 #LeatherheadA thread https://newleatherheadliving.wordpress.com/2020/10/28/qefs-neuro-rehabilitation-experts-supporting-post-covid-19-patients/ In normal times, Qu
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1/ Covid (@UCSF) Chronicles, Day 34Long thread today (sorry); lots to cover after that thing we used to call a weekend.@UCSFHospitals, we’re on downslope, w/ 17 cases, 3 intubated. Still
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POTUS is now reported to have COVID symptoms, which, combined with his other baseline risk factors, is concerning. https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/02/politics/president-donald-trump-coronavirus-positive-test/index.html Most likely, he will reco
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